The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-29 00:00:00

MONEY - MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK; Preparations to pay the railway dividends now becoming due have taken a large supply of capital off the discount market, and there is a little more stringency in consequence. The demand for accommodation has not been extensive, but the few snore enquiries experienced to-day have enabled the discounters to charge 7! per cent. for the negotiation of the three months' bills. The arrivals of specie announced to-day comprise £6,254 by the Africa ; £5,412 by the Bremen (both from America); and £1,471,200 by the Sharman, from the West Indies. There were no bullion operations of importance at the Bank on Saturday. _ _ The failure was announced on Saturday of Messrs. Darn and Co. of Mincing-lane, with liabilities amounting to £60,000. The general progress of business in the manu• facturing districts last week was satisfactory. At Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield the operations in both autumn and winter goods were to an average extent, and prices continued to be well sup ported. At Manchester there has been little clump of importance in the operations for both home use and for export, while the hosiery and lace depart ments of Leicester and Nottingham have continued without change. In the hardware districts of Bir. mingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton, a more cheerful tone has prevailed. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this day, according to Mr. Reuter's elegram, the French 3 per Cents. were 66t, 35c. Firm. The English Stock Market to-day has presented a very dull appearance. Business is almost at a standstill, and the few members of the Stock Exchange who put in an appearance find but little chance of making bargains when the place is almost deserted. Consols for money are 89 I, and for the account 89k 1. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 881 Z-; and India 5 per Cents., 1034 104 k. The Foreign Market presents a very dull appear ance, and prices are rather firmer, Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 70 4; do. Consolides, 501 ; Mexican, 28i 29 ; do. New, 261 It; Greek, 231 24 ; Spanish Passive, 301 31; do. Certificates, 131 tl ; and the Confederate Loan, 77k 781. In the Railway Share Market the operations have been very limited, and prices have not varied to any important extent. Caledonian, North Western, and Metropolitan have receded about ss. while Lancashire and Yorkshire have improved ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain very dull at former values. Bank and Miscellaneous shares are neglected, and the few bargains entered into have led to no change as regards prices. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do Account, Aug. 8 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891 Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (lied Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & 31 per Cent. Do £5OO Do £lOO and £2OO Bank England Stk, 5,1 per Ct. Do Account.. - - INDLIN GOVERNMENT SECITRITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cont., April 1874 -- Do Account — Do 5 per Cent. July, 18 7 0 .... Do Account — Do 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 — Do Certificates Po Account — Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Do 41 pet Cent. — Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Do 5 per Ceut,, Jan. 1872 — Do 51 per Cent. ' May, 1879 — Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do Bond s 1:U.000 Du under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Brazilian 5 per Cent Do 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do 1863 B5l Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent 9l Chili:in 6 per Cent. — Do 41 per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent — Cuba, 6 per Cent Do 5 per Cent. 1864 ............ Equador New Consolidated , 1 per Cent -•. Do, Provisonal Land Warrant. Danish 3 per Cent. 1825 -. Do 4 per Cent, 1863 Egyptian 7 per Cent Do, Second Issue - .............. Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-6, ex-Coupons.. 23i Do Account ............ Do Coupons .......... Do Accoum... .............. , ...... Guatemala 5 per Cent. ................ Do 1839 and 1859 ....... - ...... Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent .Do Account ........ — Do 1864..... ... Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c Do 6 per Cell'.Anglo•French .... Ditto Scrip, ..C'23 paid .. Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 2 per Cent. Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) .. Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861.. Do do Aug., 1866.... Peruvian 41 per Cent ................. Do 3 per Cent. (Cr r ibarren)... ... — Do 41 per Cent., 1862 .............. Do Account ........................ Portuzuese 3 per Cont., 1853 .......... Do Account. ..................... Do 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, ' '6O, 62, 3 .. -- Do Account ........................ Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, St Do 41 per Cent., 1850 .............. 85 Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent 1859 Do 5 per Cent, 1862 Do Anglo-Dutch Do Scrip, £4O paid Sardinian 5 per Cent ..........•• 81 i Do Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do Now Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account . Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. — ;• ;Do Account Swedish, 4 per Cent — Do Scrip, £6O paid Turkish 6 per Cent. 1551 — Ito Account :Do 6 per Cent. 1555 . — ,i)0 Account •••••• Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account . . Do £lOO Bonds 7O Do 1863 • Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent...... — V en ezuela 3 per Cent. iaDo Account • . 6660 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account ""`Do Scrip £ 45 paid .... ........... I ' m Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. Do Acc0unt........, Belgian 41 per Cen',., EL 25f — Dutch 21 per Cen t. , Es. 12 Gail Do 4 per Cent. 'Certificates Italian, 5 per Ce nt., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Do Account... Frenoh Renter, 2 per Cent. — Peruvian Doll Ar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. Piedmoutese 4 — 5 per Cent,, Ea. 25f TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Money Do Account .................... •• • 89 1 t . Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day, Markets remained nu hanged. Sales probably 6,000 bales. THE LATE DR. MARSH.—W e have to record, with much regret, the death of the venerable Dr Marsh, rector of Beddington, Surrey. He entered his 90th year on the 20th of July last in full possession of his mental powers, which were of no common order, and of that bril liant cheerfulness of disposition and beauty of character which distinguished him in daily life from his cradle to his deathbed, lie was almost the last of that company of earn eat men who in the close of the last century and in the cmranencement of the present, when the clergy o f t h e Church of England were, for the most part, more occupied with the pleasures of the field than with the cure of souls, were the means of renewing its life and energy. During the 66 years which have elapsed since his ordination Dr Marsh performed the duties of his sacred calling with a zeal, devotedness, and love, which won for him the reverent affection of all who knew him. On the last day of his life he closed his ministry with the following testimony, written with trembling hand, when no longer able to speak:— "Tell the clergy to preach Christ, to live Christ, to eerve Christ, and they will joy and praiee ip eternity," SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOO&8. Share' ; Closing Business Railways. Paid *; Price. done. Mr., Wol, and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyfte. Boit., Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter iCaledonian ;Cork and Bandon Cornwall D o A (It. guts i'lo di% D o tlll6pc.pan.has (been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. ;Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc. ;Edinburgh Az Glasgow. Glasg. and Q. Western. Gretttklastern, Ord. stli 86 R 8 124} 1256 6 7 32 34 le 17 89 1)1 112 114 47 48 Ditto A stock Ditto EastAnglian 8 t GreatNorthof Scotland ,G rent Northern.. .. Do A stock Do B do Gt. S and W. of Irelan , l Great Western .. 13t 133 116 148 131 133 10 82 CBl 69} Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blachwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western, Lott. & Scr,th Western' Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle Do Z shares Metropolitan Midland 1 nal 1161 66 63 10?, 103 40 42 116 116; 98 99 6$ CB 1121 1131 136 136} Do New . Do Binning. do Derby 5,11 d. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. i shares Mid Kent .~.. Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwiok Do, G.N.E. purohas( Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle IN orth London Do New ....... North Staffordshire 'N. and S. W. Junction , (Scottish Central ...„ 1 Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Soot. Mid. stook Shrews. and Welohpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South. Wales S. York. and River Dun' Staines, Wok., an d Wok. Stockton k Darlington) VC 37 871 88} 101 103 7 8 [36 37 10} 11i v 8 9 p 165 170 6 7 t. 3 t p Do Do New, 186 G Taff Vale.. Do B ... Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford tz Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har..lslt West Midland —Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 101 103 34 36 BitITISII POSSESSIONS. Closing Rhare 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 58 60 Sk IBom.,BarodaduCentlncl 100 101 102 Gu. 5 per cent . 20 Do. New . ..... ...••• •• 8 20 Do. E. 5hare5......... 71 f die p 20} Butalo and Laxe Huron all o 5} 10 Do. Preference .. —.. all 71 81 100 1 Bullalo,Brant,&Godrich 100 75 80 6 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 75 80 .00 Do. do. June 1, 1879 100 75 80 at Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lin, 100 97 9) st Cape Town & Dock Scrii 100 94 96 stook Hutu. Bengal gu. sp. , 100 102 104 Stoook East Do. In do dian. gu. 5 . e 100 20 191 2 101 1 0i 0 1 0 11 I , 2. G Ext p ... 2 20 Do. do. H do. .. 20 191 201 stock Grand Trunk of Canada luu 19 2'..) 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 71 73 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 60 63 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. all 65 67 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 55 67 100 Do. 3d Pict stock ... all 48 sf. 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 43 45 100 Do. 4th Prof.. stock... all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 25 28 26 stook Gtlndianmin.gua.sp.o 100 102 903 102} 3 SO Do. New gua. sp. 0... 12 par 4p Do. January, 1802 .. stook Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 99 101 El Gt. W. of Canada Shares all . 91 10 20 Do. New ... ...... ... 18 101 ]0 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt all 89 91 100 Do. 5f p. c. do. '77-8.... all 82 81 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 i d in stook Andras, guar., sp.c. .. 100 99} 1001 stook D 0.41 p. o. Extension 100 93 05 stock Dc. 4f d 0......... 100 89 91 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock 31elb.Corp. 6p. 0. Buds. 100 50 31elb. & Ilobson's Bay. all 58 CO 514 100 Do. 7p. C. Mortg. Bds. all SO Newßruntwlok &Candi+ Class A and B all 2 5 N.Rl.C'da6 po lst pi bds 100 82 84 stock Scinde •• •• •• ... •• (100 100. 1011 stock Do. Delhi... 1 4.,! , 100 994 100] 10 Do. d 0........... '4 5 i 2 id par 1 at Do. Punjaub .... (x ,- , all 9Jf 100 f Do. Do. ... —.. , g,.1i4, , stook Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 1, leo ,95 97 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can.Uov. A p.o.J a. &July 1877-S1 .. .. Do. Ap. C. Feb.& Aug lOO 96 99 1)0.6 p. c. Mar. & Sept 100 98 102 Do. Ip. o. Jan.&july. 10C 84 85 84f Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 84 86 Cape G.Hope, 6 p ;1873 100 104 106 Do.Ap & Oot. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 1891 100 109 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 107 10) ,Ceylon N0v.1878, 6 c 100 110 112 'Mauritius 6 per cent 'Natal Gov. 6 per cant lOO 104 107 -- iN.B.Gov. 6 p.o.Ja.&July 100 97 100 I Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oot. 100 - - N. S.W. G ov. 6 p 2.,180e 100 96 98 98 Du. sp. c.,18(1 to 1:171 100 96 P 8 --• Do. do.,ISSB &upwds 100 96 98 96 .New Zealand O p cent. 100 - - 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. 0. 1 sterling, 1875. lOO 90 102 Queensland Gov. 6p. c. 100 101 104 1 — 1 1 S. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 105 107 IVio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 •Do. io 6 n.o. A.D.&00,. 100 109 110 1091 BRITISH MINES. 2 eambrian Cousol. Gold 1 1 od ord Amalgamated 30 32 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist ) 1 580 590 East Bassett(lllogan).' 30 67 69 —• East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon ...... 2.11.6 27 28 275 East Caru Brea... 3.4.0 75 71 E. W'lltussal (Tavistk.) 8.13.0 5 55 5 - 'Gam.SzSt.Aulln(Gwen 581 5 7 'Great South '1 olgus 17s 2 25 , G. Wheal Vor (Helston 40 27 29 !Grenville ;El ertd's-Foot ...... 8.12 58 40 - .iingston Downs 4.18.0 31 45 i Lady Bertha - Nlargaret (tiny Lelant 91 7 9 Marks Valley.. 4 ITyndy Iron Ore (Lim 24 15 d New Seton l9¢ 75 85 —• North Downs 3 15 11 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogsan, 3.1.0 2 25 North Wheal Crotty 2.6.9 3 35 Par Consols (St. Blazey) rrovidence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.0.7 40 42 South Caradon(St.Cleer, 15 480 500 5. Carn Brea (Illegan) — S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 1 8. 18 . 9 4 4 47 4 IStray Park - Lunar Silv.ct Lead Min. - Tin Croft 9 185 105 West Basset (Illogan) l5 85 91 W Cr radon (Liskeard) 9 91 101 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 55 92 95 Wheal Buller(Hedruth) 10 18 20 Wheal Kitty (Cf.Lelant) 2.0.8 Wheal Lndeott Wheal Mary Ann ;Men ) 8 14 16 Wheal ileton 585 215 220 Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) 7 19 21 IVheal Union 4 15 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. North Eastern (G.N.E. 4 per cent. pref.) 103 k North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, North Eastern, Stockton and Darlington, B 6 per cent., 321 Ditto, 6 pa cent., C, 321 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS: Great Eastern 5 per cent. pf., 100 i Ditto, new 5 per cent. pf, 7 FORE) GR RAILWAYS: ; Central Argentine, 2k Dutch Rhenish, 181 Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean, 36 San Paulo gua. 7 per cent., 10 Ditto, (all), 181 1 FOREIGN MINES, YUdanamutana Of S. Australia, Um., 21 BANKS. ikr„rra and Masterman's (Urn.), HO &Mance (tim.), 61 Anglo Austrian, 7/ Anglo-Italian, lim., 5 1 Australasia, 73f Ditto, new, 55} Bank of British Columbia, 101 Bank of Egypt,°27/ Bank of Otago, Bank of Wales, lim., 101 Brazilian and Portuguese, Rm.. 121 British and Californian, lim., 4/ Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 37 8 Consolidated Bank, lint., 101 Continental, Rm., 151 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 201 European Bank, lim., 131 Hindustan, china, and Japan (Urn.), 331 Ditto, new. 201 Imperial Bank (lim.). 35 41 Imperial Bank of China, lndia,7and Japan, lim., 6 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lint.. 51 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 24 London and County, 74 31 London Joint Stock, 47 London and South African, 231 Merchant Bank, Urn., 271 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Rm., 25 Midland Bank (lim.), 201 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, lim., 121 South Bistern, lim., SI 0 Union of A ustralia, 521 Union of Ireland, lim., 20 Union of London, 52l MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 181 Berlin Water Works, lim., City Offices, lim., Contract Corporation, lim., 3 Egyptian Corn and Trading, lim., 31 Financ i a l Corporation, 1 Fore-street Warehouse, lira., 6 Humber Iron Works, Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., St I International Financial 6ociety, , 9 Inte rnat i ona l Land Credit. lira.. 5$ London Financial Assocition. lim., 21 London, Italian, and Adriatic Steam, 1 National Discount Company, lim., 131 oriental Financial, Um., 34 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 801 West India and racitic Steam, lira., 13 [Ok I 13.11. 1 t~~p6.4~ 12.10 106 108 514 654 254 '464 105 i 106] 64 66 93 ft 126 129 it 3 i P 75 70 10} 11 125 130 39 41 57 59 100 all all all all 100 100 100 tt3.1&4 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUG LIST 29, 1864. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. A fair business was transacted in wheat in the country markets held on Saturday, and, in some instances, a alight improvement took place in the quotations. All descriptions of spring corn ruled firm, at fully late rates. The flour trade was steady, on former terms. On the Continent, the corn trade generally is steady, at full prices. At New York, however, owing to the limited inquiry for export, the quotations have further declined. Up to our market last week the arrivals of English grain were but moderate. The imports from abroad amounted to 9,826 quarters of wheat, 4,404 barley, 66,707 oats, 3,330 rye, 861 beans, 608 peas, 37 tares, 3,021 linseed, 4,846 oilcakes, 7,705 wzo, 282 sacks and 4,351 barrels of flour. For the time of the year, the arrivals of English wheat fresh up to market to-day were but very moderate. Nearly the whole of the :produce, however, came to hand in excel lent condition. There was about an average number of buyers in attendance, yet the trade both for Kent and Essex produce ruled inactive. Factors not being disposed to accept less money, the bulk of the supply had, at the close of business been disposed of at the rates current on Monday last. The market was well supplied with most descriptions of foreign wheat. Generally speaking, the trade was quiet. The amount of business transacted was very moderate; nevertheless, prices ruled firm, and they were without quo table change from Monday last. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair average request, at late rates. The supply of English barley on sale was small, and the market was but moderately supplied with foreign produce_ For all descriptions the trade ruled slow, at last ➢lon day's currency. The malt trade was rather quiet, at previous quotations. _ _ With oats the market was extensively supplied. Both for English and foreign qualities there was a good de mand, and the recent advance in prices was fully supported. New Irish oats were exhibited for sale. _ Beans, the supply of which on sale was small, changed hands at fully late rates. For peas the trade was steady, at full quotations. With English produce the market was scantily supplied. In flour about an average business was transacted, at last Monday's currency. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEA.EURB. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 39s to 448 Ditto, 1861 Ditto, white, 1863 43s 493 Ditto, 1861 Norfolk and Linooln, red, 1324 Ditto, 1863 Talavera, 1864 Rye— 22s 27s Barley—Grinding 22s 253 Malting, new, 323 373 Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 6OB 66s Brown Kingstown and Ware 6OB 668 Chevalier Oats —Yorkshire and Linoolnsh., Feeding lB5 23s Potato Youghal and Cork, black lss 238 Cork, white 165 238 Scotch, Feeding 193 238 Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey . Maple White 36s 40s Boilers Floor—Town-made, per 2801 b ... 368 40s Suffolk ...... 2Bs 303 Stockton and N0rf01k............... , 268 28e American, per barrel 193 258 METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Our market to-day was somewhat heavily supplied with foreign stock, and the beasts and sheep came to hand in somewhat improved condition. The demand, however, was inactive, at about stationary prices. The arrivals of beasts fresh up to this morning's market were moderately good. Amongst them were some remarkably good Herefords, shorthorns, &c., but the general quality of the supply was by no means first-rate. Selected breeds moved off steadily, at full prices. Otherwise, the beef trade was in a sluggish state, on former terms. The best Soots realised 5s per Ms. _ From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton shire, we received 2,800 shorthorns, &c.; from other parts of England, 1,000 various breeds ; from Scotland, 25 Scots and creases ; and from Ireland, 100 oxen and heifers, The supply of English sheep was very moderate, and the quality of most breeds was but middling. Downs, half breds, runts, &c., sold readily, at full currencies. All inferior sheep met a dull inquiry at last week's prices. The top figure was 5s 4d, but in some instances vary prime Downs realised 5s Gd per 81bs, The lamb season is now nearly closed. The few lambs on sale found buyers at from 5s 4d to 6s 4d per 81bse Calves—the supply of which was moderate—moved off slowly, at late rates, viz., from 4s to 5s per Blbs. Prime small pigs advanced 2d per 81bs, but large hogs were dull, at late rates. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. a. d.s.d. Crsedkinf. beasts 3 4 3 6 Priimeers-wool d 0.4 10 5 0 Secondquality do. 3 8 4 4 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 2 5 4 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 10 Large orse. calve* 4 0 4 8 Prime Scots, otc. 4 10 5 0 Prime small do 4 10 5 0 ()rm. ez. inf. sheep 3 10 4 2 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Second quality do. 4 4 4 8 Small porkers 4 2 4 8 Lambs....sB 4d to 6a 4d. Suckling calves, 17s to 22s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 26s each. TOTAL SUPPLY Beasts FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts . . . 2,580 Sheep and lambs 10,470 Calves .... Pigs Cows Sheep and lambs.... 29,270 Calves P 124 Pigs 4601 The total imports of foreign stocz into London, last week, amounted to 15,361 head. In the corresponding week in 1863,w0 received 16,797—in 1862,11,579—in 1861, 10,988 —in 1860, 13,707—in 1859, 12,659—in 1858, 10,673. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Amsterdam.... .. 100 .. Antwerp .. 42 .. 21 Boulogne Bremen 440 .. 176 Calais Dordt.. — .. .. •• •• Dunkirk .. *9 110 409 32 Hamburg Harlingen Medemblik Nieu Diep 32 .. 374 50 .. Ostend 47 .. 65 ~ 20 .. 25 Rotterdam Tonning ll2B .. 1276 .. 3tl .. 1 Total .... 2719 .. 9,515 .. 660 .. 669 ..1798 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pi g s. 1863 2628 .. 11,720 .. 577 .. 1124 .. 748 1862 1435 .. 8,144 .. 476 .. 531 .. 993 1861 1849 .. 7,248 .. 481 .. 691 .. 819 1860 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prises of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, Aug. 31, 1863, and this day Monday, Aug. 29, 1864, Per 81b. to sink the offal. Aug. 31, 1863. Coarse and inferior beasts.... 3 4to 3 8 Second quality do 3lO 4 4 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Prime Soots, &c. 4 8 410 Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. .. 1 2 4 6 Prime coarse-woolled do 4 8 410 Prime Southdown do. Lambs Large coarse calves .. 3 6 4 2 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 '2 4 6 Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs.. 320 ►SUPPLIES :ON SALE, Sept. 1,1862.—8 e sheep and lambs, 25,580—calves, 195—pigs, SEPT. 2, 1861.—Beasts, s,37o—sheep, .3( 280—pigs, 740. Aug. 29, 1864. 3 4to 3 6 38 4 4 4 6 410 410 5 0 310 4 2 44 4 8 410 6 0 52 5 4 54 6 4 40 4 8 410 5 0 36 4 0 42 4 8 6,890 29,270 1 124 4604 )asts, 6,680- 405. o,3Eo—calves, NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL. Moderate supplies of meat are on sale at these markets For good and prime qualities there is a steady demand, at full prices; otherwise, the trade is quiet, on former terms. Per 81b. by the carcase. ad s d Inferior beef .. 3 2 3 4 Middling do. .. 3 6 3 10 Prime large do. 4 0 4 2 Do. small d 0... 4 2 4 4 Large pork .... 3 4 4 0 Inferior mutton. 3 8 4 0 edad Middlingmutton 4 2 4 6 Prime do .. 4 6 4 8 Veal .. 3 8 4 4 Small pork ~ .. 4 2 4 6 Lamb .... 4 8 5 2 BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supply of home-grown potatoes on sale has decreased ; but the imports of foreign produce—although small—are larger than for some weeks past. For all qualities the trade is ti-m, and prices have advanced 10s to 20s per ton. The import, last week, amounted to 93 tons from Jersey; 10 tons from Boulogne; 20 from Dieppe; 150 from Dunkirk; and 6 from Rotterdam. Kent and Essex Regents....9os to 140 s per ton. Shaws ....70s to 1008 „ ....50s to 80s I, Foreign Is BOROUGH HOP. On forward plantations picking has commenced, but it is estimated that about a fortnight must elapse before it be comes general. On the whole, the accounts are favour able, about an average crop being looked forward to. A few parcels of new Kent and Sussex hops have continued on sale—the former realised £7 to £9, and the latter. £7 10a per cwt. For last year's hops there is a moderate demand, at full prices. Yearling and old hops continue dull. No import took place into London last week. WOOL. The public sales of colonial wool have gone off slowly cince our last. VAry little wool has, however, been with drawn, but all defective qualities have sold at fully the recent decline in their values, viz., of from ld to 2d per lb from last series. The supply of good and fine wools from Sydney, Port Philip, and the Cape has found buyers at full quotations, Up to the present time about 130 ; 000 bales LAW INTELLIGENCE.---This Day, COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr Registrar Hazlett.) IN RE DAWSON. This bankrupt was described as formerly of Malvern, Worcestershire, clerk and schoolmaster, and now of Albany street, Regent's-park, &I, out of business. Mr W. R. Buchanan appeared for the bankrupt, who attribu'ed his bankruptcy to the failure of a person in Malvern, and legal proceedings having been taken against the bankrupt, he was compelled to throw up his situation and come to London, No creditors attended, and no assignee was chosen—the debts are about £250. have been disposed of, and, as already announced, the sales will be brought to a close on the 31st inst. In tho private contract market English wool has changed hands to a moderate extent, and prices have ruled tolerably firm The import last week was 703 bales from Philip, 4,500 Sydney, and 1,073 Algoa Bay. Current prices of English wool per lb. sd s d Fleeces —South Down hoggets 2 1 2 2 Half-bred do Kent fleeces.... 2 2 2 4 South Down ewes and wethers 2 2 2 4 Leicester do. Sorts—Clothing Combing SEEDS. The amount of business passing in seeds is very mode• rate. The changes in prices from last week are unimpor tant. For cakes there is a good demand, at fully late rates. rurnip,White,p.bus.26s to 22s Swede —s Mustard, Brown lO4 13s White, Tares, Spring....4s Od 4a 6d Old per quarter - b —s Canary, per quarter 52s 62s Rye grass, new 22s 24s Clover, Red Eng., et. --s —s White Foreign Red -s -s White —s —s Carraway 22s 26s Coriander l2s Hs ilerripseed, per qr --8 bus Linseed,Eng.sowing - 76s 78s Crushing Baltic .... ... —9 —8 Odessa Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s English .410 Os.Cll Ins Foreign lox£ll Os Rape Cakes,p ton £ t Ins .C 5 lOs Rapeseed, new,pr qr 643 683 Trefoil new. —B --8 The tallow trade is much firmer to-day, and prices, Com. pared with Monday last, show an advance of Oil per cwt. The quotation for P.Y.C. is 42s Gd per cwt. on the spot. Town tallow, 41s 3d nett cash. Rough fat has advanced to 2s lid per 81bs. TALLOW. 1850. 1863. 1864. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. BOW-STREET.) THE ALLEGED T.4.)ITEEING WITH THE SOLDIERS AT WooLwickr.—A middle-aged, well-dressed man, who gave the name of Miles Ellison, said he was a " commercial traveller," and declined to give any:address, was brought before Mr Flower, charged with stealing a shawl, the pro perty of Elizabeth Squire. Inspector Brennan informed his worship that the pri soner was charged on a former day with the present offence and admitted to bail, the case being remanded. He was not forthcoming on the next examination, and on in quiry being made it was found that he had been taken into custody at Wool rich for attempting to incite English sol diers to desert the Queen's service and enlist in the Fede ral army. The second charge was investigated, but the evidence being incomplete he was discharged. He was then again apprehended on the present charge. Elizabeth Squire said she lived at No. 5, New-inn-pas sage, Clam market, and was a laundress. The prisoner took lodgings in her house about three weeks ago. On the 17th ho came home with a piece of bacon in his hand and asked her to lend him some money. She refused to do so. She then went out for a few minutes and when she returned she found the prisoner still sitting in the room, but he left, and she heard him enter the house in the middle of the night with the latch kay. In the morning she missed her shawl, worth £l, and accused the prisoner with stealing it. He appeared to be very indignant, but witness called ia a constable and gave him into custody. At the police station he said he would make her smart for placing him under lock and key, and threatened to bring an action for false imprisonment. Tho prisoner was re manded. The shawl now produced by the pawnbroker's assistant was her property. Prisoner—Was I not intoxicated on the 17th ? Witness—You were apparently very drunk, and that was the reason I was anxious to got you out of my house, but you wouldn't go. Prisoner—Did I go on in a wild and extraordinary man ner? Did I seem strange ? Witness—Yes ; you went on barking like a dog, and making strange noises like a cat. Albert Redding, assistant to Mr Clutch, a pawnbroker, of Stanhope-street, said the prisoner pledged the shawl pro duced on the,lBth for ss. He gave the name of John Atkinson. Mr Flower—Was there anything peculiar in his manner then ? Witness—Nothing whatever. Police-constable F 75, apprehended the prisoner. A Woolwich constable stated the circurestances of the charge preferred against the prisoner at that place. The prisoner was seen about Woolwich treating soldiers, and eventually he was discovered sleeping within the barracks, and on inquiry it was ascertained that he done so for three nights. He was then taken into custody and accused of trying to induce some of the men to join the Federals. In quiry had been made about the prisoner, and it was found he had been in very respectable employment as a commer cial traveller. The magistrate asked the prisoner what he had to say in answer to the charge. Prisoner—l have nothing to say, except that I shall re • serve my defence. The magistrate then fully committed the prisoner for trial. E M ARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY AT MESSRS. NICOLLS' BY AN ASSISTANT.-- Robert Minkes, an assistant to Messrs Nicolls, tailors, Regent-street, was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with rob bing his employers. Sergeant Cole, C division, said theta little before 8 o'clock on Saturday evening he saw the prisoner carrying a brown paper parcel in Wardour-street, and suspecting something wrong, followed the prisoner into Messrs. Harrisons', the pawnbrokers, and asked him what he had got. The pri soner replied, "Why, cloth." He then told the prisoner that ho was a constable, and asked him where he got the cloth from. and ho said from Battersea, handing him a card with "Mr Minkes, Culvert-terrace, Culvert-road, Batter sea," on it, and said he was a tailor carrying on business on his own account, and that ho supposed he (the sergeant) would be satisfied if he went with him and found that to bo the case. He told the prisoner he should not be satis fied, and would take him to the station, and the prisoner said that what he had told him was true. At the station the prisoner was asked by the inspec tor his name and address, and he gave the same name and address as on the card. He said he had bought the cloth of a Mr Bennett, King's-road, Chelsea, six months ago, but afterwards said he would tell the truth, and that it was not hie, and he did not come by it honestly, and he had stolen it. The prisoner also said, pulling some mere cloth from under his waistcoat, " Here, you may as well take this," and that he was employed at Messrs Nicolls', in Regent street. Mr Barker, employed at Messrs H, J. and D. Nicoll, clothiers, Regent-street, said the prisoner was employed as an assistant by the firm. The articles produced were the property of the firm, some of the material being especially manufactured for them. The value of the whole of the property was about £lO. The prisoner had been employed by Messrs Moons about three years, The prisoner was remanded, THAMES. THE SISTERS OF PROGRESS.—Mrs Jones, a member of the Star of the East Sisters of Progress Total Abstinence Society, Tent No. 2, made another application this morning to Mr Partridge against Mary Ann Condon, the secretary of the society, who had been ordered to reinstate Mrs Jones or to pay her 30s and 2s costs. The case is a very bard one. Mrs Jones has been at the eetiL t in all four times, and neglected her work and her family her efforts to obtain justice. The very obstinate 2 , 0 was impertinent to Mr Paget, the magis secretary, w trate, when t h e case was heard, is determined to give as m ach trouble as se ible. She will not reinstate the ex eluded member or pa ; the money, but is determined to " do the seven days" imp ,:sonment ordered by the magis trate in default of payment. Jest Wednesday, when Mrs Jones applied to Mr Pag et to enfu ce his order against the con t uma cious secretary. she was informed that a minute of the order must be served on Mrs Condo before anything else could be done. Mrs Jones now stated that Mrs Con don had received the money from the treasur..7, and the trustees of the society were anxious that the judg.Uent of the magistrate should be obeyed, and that 32s shout O be paid. Mrs Condon, however, still continued obstinate, an,:i retained the money, continuing firm in her deter mination to "do the seven days" in prison. Mrs Jones said, in the employment of a;kolicitor to enforce her rights sad the loss of time, she had sustained much expense and inconvenience. Mr Livingston (the chief usher) said every possible at tention had been given to the case consistent with the pros. sure of business in the Court. The order had been framed, and only required the magistrate's signature, which would be appended to it on tho next day Mr Paget presided. li e had informed the applicant she had no occasion to attend the Court again until a lIIIRtZte of the order was served on the defendant. explanation and re. Mrs Jones was satisfied with all' tired. Mrs Weaver, a very respectable woman, Qt; a " Sister of Progress," has been unjustly e x cluded, and 11.:‘ i d she in tended to take out a summons. WESTMINSTER. CAUTION TO FURNISHED LODGING-HOUSE KEEPERS. —Charles Hubbard and Jcsssie Seott were placed at the bar, charged with the following impudent robbery of a furnished lodging : James Richards, of 2, Brewer-street, Pimlico, said that he was a gentleman's servant. He let the 'house out as above furnished, and his mother superintended it. On Sa turday, from what was told him, he went to the house and found that the tick of a new bed in apartments jointly occu pied by the prisoner had been cut open and half the feathers stolen. He gave the man, who first came home, in charge, when he said he knew nothing about the feathers or other articles stolen, which were missing. Mrs Richards, the mother of the prosecutor, said that the prisoners were represented to her as man and wife, or they would not have been permitted to stay there, and took the lodgings a month ago. The prisoner was the person who hired them, stating that her husband was a respectable man in full work at the Serpentine, Hyde-park. She left a deposit and offered a reference. Magistrate—Did you have one? Mrs Richards—No, I had not ; it is not worth the trouble of going for them, one is only deceived. People of this sort can buy references, and we find in letting lodgings that they are no use. I told her so, and said that the week's rent in advance was better than the generality of references, and she gave Me the money I required. I missed the feathers, a table-aloth, and other articles on Saturday, and told my son about it. The man was taken on Saturday and the female on Sunday. On Saturday the male prisoner went out with a bundle, and that circumstance created suspicion, and induced her to examine her apartments. The male prisoner said ho knew nothing whatever about the things, and as the place had not been lot to him, he could not be said to be respousible. The woman admitted that she was nut married to the male prisoner, who had behaved very veil to her. They were loth innocent of stealing the feathers, but the had taken the table cloth and some other things. The prisoners were remanded for a week. AMERICAN MAIL STEAMERS DUE AT LIVERPOOL THIS WEEK.—The following steamers, with the American and Canadian zlails, ale due at Liverpool this work:—City of London, Hibernia, and Persia. The City of London with dates from New York to the 20th, and the Hibernian, with corresponding dotes from Quebec, may be expected—the former off Cape Clear or Queenstown, and the latter off Greencastle, in the course of to-morrow (Tues day). On Friday evening next, or early on Saturday morning, the Cunard steamer Persia, with dates from New York to the 24tb, may be expected off Cape Clear or Queens town, 69i 8,1 9 1161 1161 16 971 05f 113 121 I 891 8 7J i Particulars, Stock this day.... Price of Y.C. Delivery last week Ditto from June 1 Arrivals last week Ditto from June 1 Price of Town .... 1862. 39.853 45.897 35.335 41,622 43.276 52s0a t.0 , 47t 61 to 48s01 t 0,42501 to 42s Od to -s d —s Od 48s 3d 43s 3d —s Od 2.077 5,301 1,358 1,344 3,459 23,702 23,737 18,970 12,210 13,267 2,773 2,248 113 1,132 1,652 31,221 17,871 15,99) 16,129 11,522 54s 3d 4, 1 1 s 3d 508 Od 43s 9d 43s 9d IN RE WILLIAM BERRIES CREED. This bankrupt was described as of St James's-square, clerk in the House of Commons, and this was a meeting for proof of debts and choice of assignees. The bankrupt attri butes his failure to having become security for a friend, and having no money he was obliged to borrow at very heavy interest. The debts amount to £13,080, principally in heavy sums; and the only security appears to be life policies and an assignment of bankrupt's salary and a power of attorney to receive the same; there is a note, but it is not value. Some proofs were tendered, and the case was proceeding. (Bofore Mr Commissioner Face.) His Honour sat and disposed of one case of release of no geDeral interest. The Bishop of Oxford on Inspiration. The followin letter from the Bishop of Oxford to the Rev. Mr. ristopher, of S. Ald a t e ' s , O x f or d, on the subject of the inspiration of the Holy Scrip. tures, has been publishet: . . Aug. 17, 1861. Many thanks for your very kind letter. I had not seen either of the newspaper extracts you seAd me. But if I had I should not have answered them. It is a hopeless endea vour to set oneself right by answering anything; and if you reply to one you must to all. I therefore leave matters to right themselves. It is quite a different matter replying to you; and I do it with the greatest pleasure. I said nothing of the sort attributed to mo in these ex tracts. Perhaps the subject was too abstruse to be treated so briefly; and this has led to misapprehension. In brief, my belief is this : The whole Bible comes to us as " The Word of God," under the sanction of God the Holy Ghost. We cannot pick and choose amidst its contents. All is God's Word to us. But as I believe that this, which I hold as the only orthodox view, is encompassed with many diffi culties by what is called the theory of" verbal inspiration," I desired to show how, in my judgment, a careful scrutiny of the Bible which revealed the "divers manners" in which the Holy Ghost spake— I. Sometimes by the mere mechanical use of the human agent who conveyed the message; as when. 1, God wrote words on the first tables ; 2, dictated them for the second ; or, 3, committed them to prophets simply to repeat; or, 4, spake them through the prophets. 11. Sometimes by possessing the human instrument with a complete knowledge of that he was to speak, and leaving him to express it under the mere suggestions and guardian ship of his own special presence according to the natural use of his human faculties ; I desired, I say, to show how this would greatly lessen these difficulties. and enable men to realise the essential difference between Holy Scripture and any other books, namely, that as all truth from God, ether books may be in a sense said to be inspired, because they are true, but Holy Scripture alone can be true because it is inspired. You are quite free to make any use of this you see fit.— am ever yours, most truly, S, OXON. SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, Ang. 29.—Wind at noon, N.W., light breeze, and fine. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAVO GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, August 28—Haaket, from iklalmo—Merle, from Dominica—Alma M., from Sulina—Speculant and Wan derer, from Archangel—Prins Carl, from Soderham— Artamatea, from Cardenas—Summer Cloud, from Nantes. Arrived, August 29—Magd a i a i ne , from Bordeaux— Hero, from Jamaica—Lionne and Furet, from Gravelines— Mondego, from Wydah—Thames, from Pugwash—Hecla, from Ghent. DEAL, Monday Morning. Passed, Aug. 28—Victory, from Rangoon, for Antwerp —New Whim, of Portsmouth, Cymbeline, Guide, of Poole, Hero, of Weymouth-41i from the West, for the North. Passed, Aug. 29—Phail Minden, from Taganrog, for Hull—Sphea, from Quebec—Moan, from Bilboa—.both for London. Anchored—Nova Contra, of Cardiff, for Porto—Hastings for Swansea—both from London. TUE CHOLERA IN THE LINCOLNSHIRE FENS.— We understand that the dreadful malady, Asiatic cholera, has made its appearance in the Lincolnshire Fens and proved fatal in several cases, owing, it is said by the medical men, to the lon g - continued drought which has caused the drains to become little better than stagnant pools, emitting odours of an extremely unpleasant and unhealthy character. The East Fens in the neighbourhood of Boston, and along by the banks of the Bell Drain, are the places where it has made the greatest devastation. batu rday evening last, ea namplaoSHOCKINGny ofnamed Messrs. D E George s A a T r u . —do ironvha who resided at 23, West-terrace, M anchester-road, Cuhitt ' s eta plumber in the ipbuilders, of Poplar, town, expired at Woolwich under the following circum stances :—lt appears that on Friday last the deceased, who was a foreman, had been superintending some work on board the iron cased ship Prince Albert, built by Messrs. Samud a, and now under completion at Woolwich dockyard. On leaving the dockyard the deceased became the worse for liquor, and yielded to the advice of his companions to re main at Woolwich rather than proceed home at a late hour. Lodgings were obtained at the Globe Tavern, Church street ; but about ono o'clock on Saturday morning a police man on duty saw the deceased either fall or jump f rom the chamber window to the pavement beneath. He was imme diately removed to the tavern, and attended by Dr. St u art, who had sustained such injuries to his head that he expired after lingering about 14 hours. STATISTICS OF THE RUSSIAN CHURCH.—The Union Chretienne, which always contains interest , . ing information about the Russian Church, gives us iu a numbering 5,648 presented to the late number the matter of the report of t h e H oly Synod for Emperor. lB6l, T which, h e There are according 477n to co custom, vethia o was fmen, monks, and 4,879 novices ; and 137 convents of women, numbering 2.931 nuns, and 7,669 novices. There are 59,165 consecrated buildings for worship, and others are being built. There are 87 bishops, 37,950 priests, 12,444 deacons, and 63,421 other clerics. With the addition of the ecclesiastics en retraite, the number of secular clergy amounts to 126,164. Tho orthodox population. omitting those in the army and navy, 52,034,650, of those 35,612,97§ communicated at Easter. In 1861, 9,605 converts to Russo- Catholicism are claimed ; 5,519 Raskelniks, 1,019 Roman Catholics, 40 Armenians, 536 Lutherans, 8 of the Reformed persuasion, 427 Jews, 570 Mahometans, and 1,457 Pagans. —Church Review. DEATH FROM FRIGHT.—The daughter of a tradesman living in St. John's, Worcester, died from the fright of seeing the bodies of a man and woman, who had committed suicide, taken out of the Severn. The young lady had been attacked with consumption. She was passing over the bridge at the moment the bodies were being lifted out of the river. Fear so operated on her delicate frame that she died a short time alter the BC6IIO. BISHOP COLENSO.—The Natal Mercury says, Bishop Coleus° has declared his intention to return to Natal after his petition to her Majesty has been replied to. The same paper says that a friendly and sympathetic note from Garibaldi to Colenso has been published. Suspicious Occurrence at Mile-end, On Friday night information was received by Police-Sergeant Bailey, 1 H, that a crowd of several hundred persons had congregated in the neighbour hood of the house No. 21, Albert Cottages, near the Metropolitan Chambers, Church-street, Mile-end New Town. Upon proceeding to the Spot he was informed that the parlour-door of the house in ques tion had been broken open by several persons, in consequence of a suspicion that something wrong had taken place. it was then between 10 and 11 o'clock at night. Upon the front parlour being en tered a woman, between 30 and 4) years of age, was discovered kneeling at a couch. Her head was buried in her hands. Sho was dead. Lying at full length on the floor was seen the body of another wcman, also dead. A portion of her body lay in the back parlour. Upon proceeding to the adjoining apart ment the persons entering were horrified to discover the partly naked body of a man lying at full length on the floor. He wee not dead, but he lcoked at those who entered with an idiotic stare. Dr. Ceamp. net's, the surgeon to the workhouse, was instantly sent for, and his assistant arrived without delay, Upon making an examination of the bodies of the two women who were discovered in the front par lour, he pronounced life to have been extinct for some hours. He could not, of course, state the pre cise cause of death without a post mortem examina tion. But it was understood to be that gentleman's opinion that the lives of the deceased had been sac rificed by poison. Upon interrogating the man it was found impossible to obtain from him any state ment as to how the deceased women had lost their lives. It has since been ascertained that the deceased women were sisters, and that one of them was the wife of the man who was found in the back parlour. The family were considered respectable. The house in which they lived they held under a public company. The name of the married woman is Frances Back ingham, and her age is 41 years. Her sister's name is Mary Gribbin, and her age is stated to be 31 years. The husband of Mrs. Backingham has for several years past been unable to attend to any business in consequence of his having been con sidered insane. Tile coroner's officer has locked up the house. The man being completely imbecile has not been arrested by the police ; but he has been removed from the house to the residence of a rela. tive, who is stated to hold a good position in the district. A post-mortem examination has been ordered, and until that takes place the nature of their deaths or the poison used cannot be discovered. The following are some additionai and later pare ticulars of the affair : The circumstances of this extraordinary case are still involved in mystery, although the authorities have been untiring in their efforts to discover the motives for the commission of the crime by which it is supposed that the two sisters, Frances Back ingham and Mary Ann Gribbin, lost their lives. When the fact of the finding of the dead bodies of the two women were communicated to the coroner for the district, Mr. John Humphreys, that official forthwith proceeded to the house, No. 21, Albert- Cottages, Deal-street, where they lay, and caused a most careful examination of the premises to be made under his personal supervision. The corpses were still in the strange positions in 'which they had been originally discovered, and it was noticed that the clothes of Mrs. Backingham were die arranged and were thrown up above her knees. She was lying between the door and the body of Mrs. Gribbin, which was in a kneeling position at the sofa. The general appearance of the room indicated that a struggle of some sort had taken place. A hatchet lay near the head of Mrs. Backingham, but it had no appearance of having been used as a weapon; but some dinner knives and an open poc ket knife, which together with a broken lemonade bottle and a broken candlestick lay scattered about on the carpet, seemed obviously to have been used as missiles. It was also observed that the front of Mrs Gribbin's dress was dragged from the neck, apparently by a sudden and vigorous pull. & minute search was made for letters or other documents which might throw any light upon the relation of the parties one to the other, but without success. Several manimript books were found in drawers and upon shelves, but they related entirely to business matters, and the most careful examina tion failed to discover any papers or entry having reference to the matter under inquiry. The Coroner immediately ordered that a post mortem examination of both bodies should be made without delay. Accordingly Dr. W. Gayton, of Brick-lane, assisted by Dr Woodman. physician to the London hospital, were occupied for some hours in the performance yesterday (Sunday). It was found that the deceased had been dead for a much longer time than was at first inferred in consequence of the unusual rigidity of the bodies. It is be lieved that death must have taken place at least 48 hours before the discovery was made. Both bodies were in a somewhat advanced stage of decomposie tion, that of Mrs Gribbin's especially so, the eyes , being in progress of decay- On the head and on the forehead of Mrs Backingham were found bruises which reached the bone, but there was no fracture of the skull. No other marks of violence were dis coverable on the bodies. The brains of both were healthy, and the heart and other vital organs were also healthy, and that there was no natural cause to account for death in either instance. The heart in each case was sound, but it is right to m;ntion that in that of Mrs Backiegham was found a .fib.rinous clot, which, it is believed, might, if the absence of poison in her case be afterwards de monstrated, be held to account for her death. In the case of Mrs Gribbin no such way of acccuating for death, in view of the absence of poison, was found to exist. Both women appeared to have been, np to the time of death, in good health and in good condi tion. The intestines, &c., in eaoh case, were empty, and the stomach nearly so. The stomach, the spleen, end other portions of the viscera of each of the de ceased have been placed in sealed jars, and given into tilt: charge of Mr A. G. Cobb, the coroner's officer, by whom they will be taken to Professor Letheby f or Oemical analysis. Until the result of the scientific anaiy satin of the v i bee ,:a of the deceas‘.'d becomes known, it is not the intention of the police picion of ha.'ing o arrest any person on sus administb.red poison to them. It may be stated, i:ewever , that James Buckingham, the lunatic husband of one of the deceased women, is under the surveillance of Mr Cobb,. the coroner's officer, w,lto has received orders to he him forth coming at ti:se inquett. TRIALS FOR MURDEIi.—From aretPrn of the nom• ber of persons in each of t►L.e last seven years come mitted in the tinted Kingdom fo; trial on Mb; charge of murder, it appears that in England end Wales, out of 104 persons put on their trial in 1863, 51 were acquitteJt of whom 13 escaped on the grotzud of insanity. Of the 50 who were convicted, 29 wore found gt,ilty of murder, 12 of man slaughter, and 9of concealment e t . birth. Recommenda tions to mercy must have been successt6: l in seven eases, as we find that only 22 suffered the extreme pe1...41tY of the law. It is curious to observe how slightly the numbs.'r of convic tions for murder vary between 1857 and 1533. 1L the for mer year the number was 20 ; in 1861, 26 ; in 1862, 28 ; and in 1863, 22. There is a considerable variation however in the number of persons executed. In 101 12 convictions were followed by no execution of the extreme ;-,enalty, and a like result occurred in 1862; but in 1860 on:.,v 4 thus escaped. From a return with regard to Scotland, it s,"enis that 257 persons were committed for trial on the charge 0..` murder, during the last seven years, of whom however only 149 were put on trial, 54 were acquitted on various grounds, and 17 conviete lof the capital offence. Only 5 suffered the extreme penalty of the law. In Ireland, during the same period, 334 persons were tried fur murder, of whom 174 were acquitted, aid in 10 cases the plea of ini-anity was sub stantiated. Out of 30 convictions fur murder there were only 13 executions. HEALTH OF SIB JOHN RATCLIFF.—We greatly regret to state that Sir John Ratcliff now lies at his house, the Wyddringtons, so dangerously ill that his life is de spired of. Sir John has been seriously ill for the last three weeks from diabetes ; but at first some hope was entertained. On Thursday night, however, the symptoms became ex tremely alarming, and though the patient was a little better yesterday, Dr Evans now holds out little or no hope of his recovery.—Bireling hem Daily Post, A SOLDIER DROWNED.—As the steamship Cambria wes on her passage from Dublin to llolyhead on Saturday morning, a soldier belonging to the 12th regiment, who was on board, fell into the water accl was drowned, hcugh every exertion was made to save him. The rualf name has not been ascertained. lle was a fine youag fellow about 22 years of age. Correspondence between Mr. F. Henry F. Berkeley, M.P., and James Aytoun. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIJI. PALL MALL, 105, Aug. 29, 1864. SlR—Upon the call of Mr. Berkeley, Be con tained in his letter—copy of which I now send you—l request you to publish the following car respondence.—l am, yours, &c., JAMES AYTOUN. VICTORIA -SQUARE, S.W., Aug. 27. SlR.—Having received last Wednesday a pamphlet, i n the shape of a letter, from you to George Wilson, of Man chester, containing the following passage—" It is well known that Mr. Berkeley is personally opposed to the Ballot—that nearly all those who vote with him are equally opposed to it, end that the inotiou is inere:y brought forward for the purpcse of hutobu, - ;gitig and gullirg a number of stupid constituencies, and preserving the seats of those constituencies to a number of servile supporters of the Government, who would be sorry to see the Ballot established," 1 beg leave indignantly to deny this false and hbAluus statement, and call upon you to retract tho same with as much publicity as you have given to the accusation.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, r. lIENLY F. BERKELEY. James Aytoun, Esq. Reform Club, Aug. 27. Sir,--I have just received your letter of this day. In this letter you accuse me of calumniating you in my pamphlet, "Real Reform and Sham Reform," by declaring nay opinion that you are not a sincere advocate of the Ballot. My reason for coming to this conclusion is given in a previous passage of th e pamphlet, which, as you may have overlooked, I shall now quote:-- " At the lest general election in 1859, Earl Russell, then Lord John, was opposed as one of the Whig candidates for the city of London. It was expected he would be run hard, and therefore every vote was necessary to secure his return. Here was an opportunity for the London Ballot Society de claring their principles, and advancing. the cause of the secret vote. If they lied been a reall y would at once have issued a recomoieandoanteeit, b at o o d v 3 l they efo no candidate who did not pledge himself to support the ballot in the House of Commons. Listead of acting i n t hi s the famous head, issued ßallotamous arecommendation Society to the of Lo n d on , w i t h Mw way, however, Berkeley electors to waive their principles on this occasion, and vote for Lord John Russell, notwithstanding his opposition to the ballot, and this on the ground of supporting the Libe rals against the Tories." I can only say that if I had had the honour of being i n your place on that occasion—the leader of the ballot party in the House of Commons—l should have considered it my duty to have acted in a different manner trout what you did. I should have considered that in acting this way I ren (Lava myself fairly liable to the charge of insincerity, or at least of sacrificing a great principle to mere party ob jects. But as, notwithstanding this, you assure me you are quite sincere in your advocacy of the Ballot, I am bound to believe you as a gentleman, and to express my regret at having stated anything contrary to fact. I shall only say, if such be your mode of forwarding the Ballot question, God help your judgment 1 It is high time that the country should look for another leader in this great movement. I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, JAMES AYTOUN. F. Henry F. Berkeley, Esq., M.P. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. 1664. 1863. 1&14. 1863. X Belfast and N. Counties 136 136 Belfast and Comity Down 431 49 Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 Bristol and Exeter l2ll 121. Caledonian 252 ',i.41 Cambrian 9l 81 Cockermouth & Workington.. si 81 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage si 61 Cork and Youghal Cornwall 658 531 Deeside . 17 17 Dublin & Belfast Junction.... 63 63 Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 Dublin and Meath Dub. &Wicklow and Wexid 9l} 481 Furness, &c 5O 5o Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union Great Northern 353 363 Great North of Scotland 5B 68 tit. Northn. &IVestn. (Irel.) 7ll 711 9t.Southn. & Westn.(lfind.) 3574 3514 Great Western 10564 10564 Hull and Hurnsea Li Inverness & Aberdeen June 1064 864 Inverness & Perth Junction 1131} Irish North-Western 145 145 Kent Coast 27 10 Lancashire & Yorkshire 4.3 395} Limerick and Ennis... 241 241 Limerick and Foynes 26 zet Llanelly 461 46t London & North-Western... 12,Y , } 12 . -7} London and Blackwall 5l 6/ London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &3. Coast 2671 2501 London, Chatham, & Dover 724 724 Do. Metropolitan Extension 114 104 Man.,Shellield.& Lincolnsh Manch. &Jun.& Altrincham 94 94 Maryport and Carlisle 2B 28 Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 641 641 Midland Gt. Westn. of Irind 262 2591 Monkland 7ll 714 Monmoutlish. Rail. & Canal 44 44 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 1095 North London 9 North Staffordshire 254 Rhymney Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern I3S Somerset and Dorset 66 South Devon South-Eastern 306 Taff Vale 67 Ulster lO3l Vale of Clwyd. Vale of Neath 431 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 West Cornwall 274 W.Hartlepoolllarbr.&ltaiL s2} W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmut lO Whitehaven Junction l2 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian .. B2B Bahia and San Francisco ... • 76 4 Belgian Eastern J unction.... 264 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 183} Buffalo and Lake Huron l6l} Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 Dutch Rlienish Eastern Bengal Eastern of France East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O Great Central of Belgium lBO Great Indian Peninsula 5)3 Great Luxembourg 134 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 Madras. Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 651 Northern of Canada ... 94 Northern of France 697 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn lBO5 Paris and Orleans 1614 Pernambuco 778 Royal Danish 69 Scinde lO6 South Austrian .. 1527 Southern of France ..... 770 Victorian 196 Welland ........„ . 25 West Flanders 75 W. and N.W. of France 2,716 2.353 763 735 2,416 2,110 7,5•`.2 7,311 20,011 37.8, 0 2,101 I,G-8 312 376 317 3;1 563 261 tBO 2,027 1,639 552 913 2,(4+ IA-1 2,284 1,8,f7 300 - 3,751 2,915 3,416 2,x•40 9,691 9,537 31,966 2 , ),922 32,709 31,877 1,797 2,3::8 465 46 8,356 9.874 70,5 , 19 63,927 227 I,OSB 2,025 3,03 u 1,698 1,777 3,850 1 , 5 46,618 40,250 205 102 114 100 739 760 115,031 1(7,854 2,141 2,h , 8 26,763 25 518 23,676 22,965 8,391 6 136 2,500 1,400 16,664 16.3 w 1,4r7 1,317 1,642 1.; , 36 2,076 1,5 41 49,574 46,105 4,732 4,84'J 1,739 2,708 2,559 25,55 23.583 6:+,28 t 10,049 3,3;7 3, 83 8,466 b.C76 0;8 90 7,914 6,63 f 6,635 6,320 tBB 4-9 4.707 4,2.26 28,397 29,631 5,527 5,355 2,314 2,158 289 289 3,021 2.334 442 _36t 1,535 2.35 891 85G 4,421 4,455 C 93 OS 1,059 762 VB7 tiZZ 35,053 32,045 385} 3(311 165 104 Ito 1302 0321 1090 4?0 _ 319 277 2,638 ],911 4,321 3 031 7,078 6,551 65,831 58,566 21,111 19,471 2 0 ,5 5 7 1&,437 6,03 8,350 6,327 4,726 4.610 °B7 673 10,032 8, eo7 5,96) 4 670 L'_ 4 ,6::o 22,313 65,7:40 62,2.1} 1 , 5 '5 3,465 431 346 137,',90 133,210 71,229 t5,9u2 824 105 14E4 GSO 195 I,oos 1,955 51,494 50,059 31,598 30,6; 7 8 , 39 J 7,C35 422 159 1,343 1,178 59,033 5 ,033 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, CITY BETTING—SATURDAY. TILE ST. LLGER. sto 2 agst General Peol (taken) 5 b 2 agat Blair Athol (take 3 to 1) 11 to 1 agst Miner (taken and offered) 100 to 8 age Baragah (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agat Ely (offered) 20 to 1 agst Claremont (offered) IRES FOR 1864. MBER. Breoon .. 19 Richmond Royal Caledonian Huut 21 Monmouth .... '22 Manchester Autumn Newmarket Firdt October 'OBER Lincoln .............. 13 Kelso ........... 19 Gloucester ........ ..... 20 Newmarket Hong on.. 24 NovEmPEn. Lenniinzton &War. Hunt 2 RACING FIXTIJ. SEPTE: Weymouth 1 Baden-Baden Warwick September 6 liTidgwater 8 Leicester.. 8 Doncaster OcT , Bedford Edinburgh and Lothians Club 5 Norwmarket Second Oct lO Worcester Autumn .... 1 Shrewsbury Autumn .. 14 IRISH. SEPTENIRER. Curragh OCTOBER.. Curragh STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1864. NOTEMBER. Leamington and Warwickshire Runt 22 li It i s a L9.rmed," says the Tremdenblatt of Vienna, "that the Eco;letor Francis Joseph has replied to !lel-jug of Pruss:t's invitation by a promise to be a t t b l t i eh a that e same e t rta e in p e o d cht il a t: is as: o t Bu t. o e r u nl g ei n h e d t present at the aututiO mar c euvr es at Berlin. It Etnpe:or of B ussia will arrive . The Augsbury G aze tt e r aring that no apprehen reepecting a change of system in 11 iv aria. Recent measures taken by the new king prove, that journal declares, that internal questions will be treated in the same spirit as dur ing the preceding reign ; it is even stated that, at the instance of the sovereign, the financial period of six years fixed foe the budgets will probably be shortened, in conformity with the demands of the Chamber?. . 3uN - F rsrr.--(A sun.fish, 5 feet long end 3 feet w id e , was captured on Thursday inMouut's 33. y, rer,49.1. - xe, by a party of gentlemen in a yacht. 533} 10;9i 252 194 113} 138 394 75} 306 105/ 10 481 1713 1491